Ukrainian military took control of several villages and captured strategic heights at the Svitlodarsk salient in the Donbas, as reported on Facebook by Ukrainian activist Yuriy Mysyagin.

"As a result of sudden advancement by several units of the 54th Brigade and the 24th Aidar Battalion, several villages were freed, residents of which met our infantry as liberators, and several strategic heights were also taken under our control," Mysyagin writes.

According to Mysyagin, Ukrainian military …

Ukraine has put its military reserve units in a state of combat readiness due to the exacerbation of the situation in the Luhansk region, as announced at a briefing by Defense Ministry spokesman Andriy Lysenko.

“I will immediately remove all questions regarding readiness. The level is so high, there’s nowhere further to go, because the soldiers are in a state of constant military readiness in order to defeat an attack, and so on. Also, our reserve forces are ready. These are the forces that …

In October 2017, about 236,000 tons of coal were exported from the separatist-controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and sent from Russia to Europe, which is about 13.5% or 28,000 tons more than in September of this year (about 208,000 tons), as reported by LIGA.net, citing data from RZD Holdings (Russian Railways) and the FCS (Russian Federal Customs Service).

According to the report, in October, 73% of all coal, or 172,900 tons, belonged to four Russian companies: Gas Alliance, …